It is you say but you don't know about the divorce in my life and God knows you don't know about this is that I'm suffering God knows you don't know how I have been mistreated and how I have been accused and falsely maligned and how I have been neglected and how I felt so rejected God knows all of that they question is do you want to know how to handle those circumstances when they can be the most painful and the most difficult Well I can give you an answer because it's in the Word of God And remember this principle is don't change my circumstances may change principles don't change their divine principle is not the thoughts of man sellers the read this passage is the background remembering that Paul wrote the Philip in church when he was in a Roman prison listen to what he says beginning in this 12 verse of chapter one. Now I want you to know growth and the circumstances have turned up for the greater progress of the gospel so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole protean guard and to everyone else and that most of the bread and trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment have far more courage to speak the Word of God without fear some to be sure of preaching Christ even from Indian strife but some also from Good Will. The latter do it out of love knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition. Rather than from pure motives thinking the cause me distress in my imprisonment what then all of that in every way whether in pretense or in truth Christ is proclaimed and in this rejoice Yes and I will rejoice pride though that this will turn out modern liberals through your prayers in the provision of the spirit of Jesus Christ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in a thing but that with all boldness Christ will even now as always be exalted in my body whether by live or by death you say well what does that have to do with a God in a blink me to somehow overcome these troubling circumstances that have be full of frustration full of anxiety and doubting God at this particular point. I want to give you 3 principles principle number one when these times come in your life listen carefully focus upon Christ not the circumstance that you say well you telling me that in this troublesome town my life that I'm just to forget it I can't forget it no I'm not saying forget it I'm saying in the midst of it in the hurt and the pain the misunderstanding of it in those times when you're full of doubts and fears is what I'm saying. By focusing upon Christ I mean this that listen what governs your thoughts at that time are not your circumstances but your relationship to Jesus Christ the Christ who died for you on the cross the Christ who has forgiven you of your sin the Christ is living on the inside of you who loves you who cares for you who's envelops you in His love no matter what do you feel it or not and sort of focus upon Christ meant simply means this in the midst of my difficulties in my hardship he's of foremost in my thinking I'm thinking about him is my deliverer I'm thinking about him as my healer I'm thinking about him as my god I'm thinking about him about his care for me focusing upon Christ not the circumstances now agreed that it's natural to think about the circumstance and especially the more painful it is and you and I know that whatever screams the loudest gets our attention. Where we hurt the most is where we focus our attention and whatever is unyielding and constant in troublesome time is what causes us to focus there the most but what I want you to see is this that the key to overcoming these troubles sometimes is the focus upon Christ not that you say you don't love the counterpane I have you don't know where I am or what I meant to and what's always on my man I do understand this much that you can go through trouble sometimes that are absolutely overbearing and overwhelming but I also know that the Christ who lives within you is there listen is there you can focus upon him you can keep him most in your thinking and you can listen and you can feel all these difficulties and hardships this is in the awareness of the presence of the Living Christ who loves you and cares for you yes you can difficult yes but yes you can now is reset he's a prisoner on the real genuine hope that he'll never get out of prison so when you say all right how did he respond well look at this if you will involve these few verses I want to give you in the 1st chapter Let's reread this 80 verse is what he said this is his response to his very difficult trying circumstance person 80 what then. All of that in every way whether in pretense or in truth Christ is proclaimed and in this hour rejoice 2nd chapter 18 1st he says you to urge you rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me 3rd chapter verse one brother and rejoice in the Lord to write the same things again to you it's no trouble to me and it is a safeguard for you 4th chapter 4 verse rejoice in the Lord always and again I would rejoice Here's a man who's going through circumstances that you not cannot even imagine and at the same time what is he talking about rejoicing in the Lord has learned to be content you know why because the Apostle Paul said his focus upon Christ and not his circumstances how do I know that in the midst of this most trying it circumstance of his life where is his focus not upon the things that would hurt him now the 100 things that were damaged him in a way his focus is upon Christ and if you notice in this 1st chapter listen when he talks about the 1st 15 some of these you are preaching Christ and he says in verse 17 the former proclaimed Christ press 18 what then all of that in every way whether in pretense or in truth Christ is proclaimed and in this hour rejoice his focus is upon Christ and I listen carefully you say but you don't know what I'm going through it doesn't make any difference what you're going through it doesn't make any difference what the circumstance you have within you the power of focus upon the Son of God upon Christ living within you because listen he would never allow you. To go through anything without him what did he say he said I will never leave you know for safety that doesn't mean that God is up in heaven with a telescope looking then and found they finding you down here somewhere but rather he's living on the inside of you are his arms wrapped around you listen covering you with His love and His Love does not mean no suffering his love and his care does not mean no harm no troubles no trials and the Apostle Paul is certain example of that so whatever your facing get your focus all of the point of frustration the pointless and of suffering and get it on him when you set your focus upon him here's what happens and mark it down the pain eases to some degree. Your heart is in courage and your faith becomes stronger Why because that's one of the principles when you deal with those difficult times the father will see you through it principle number one focus upon Christ not the circumstances Principle Number 2. That is we focus upon the sovereignty of God not upon the will of man when you focus on the sovereignty of God Let me explain what that means that means the Bible says that God has established his throne in the heavens and his sovereignty rules over all over all things all people at all times that we understand why he allows some of the things happen to happen though we don't there we understand his motives always know but that we know that deep down inside it's love that we understand His ways in his timing though we don't but the sovereignty of God means that he is an absolute control which means this. And this is the reason we can face any circumstance no matter what it is because he's an absolute control we know. That whatever comes our way he must allow it before anything can touch one of his children it has to go through that shield of his permissive will in our life he can stop anything he can begin it then. He listen only when you and I get to heaven if we get information about this past Earth and I don't know that we're going to be up there looking back and saying wow look at that liquid God did then you know what it's going to be so fantastic we get there the last thing we want to think about what's going on down here or what has been going on down here what I want you to see is this. All of us face circumstances in our life we're not even aware our he saves us from protects us in situations we don't even realize we're in danger. So therefore because he's a sovereign God this is the reason we can focus on him and not own the point of rap a because we know 1st of all he loves us unconditionally that he's an absolute control of every single part and every aspect of our life that he has everything is under his final off already and that everything that comes our way comes by his permissive will and that no matter what goes on in our like he knows how to turn something good in that no matter what God is willing to work something good in every trying circumstance we have now we have to respond rightly if we come to these difficult things that we can handle oftentimes in our own strength and listen and we turn to him in desperation crying out to God to His deliverance to help us the unable us all or we get resentful bitter doubtful hostile angry give up quit walk away then you know what we did we allow a wonderful opportunity to defeat us because no matter what circumstance you're living in what you're going 3 God has something better but you must remember he's the one is in control of you the kids are in it is it they're in control you are defeated now 2nd principle was in is you focus listen now to plan your circumstances you focus on the sovereignty of God not the will of man listen 3rd principle is this. And that is we have to focus upon the positive results not our personal pain the positive results not our personal pain he said but you don't know what I'm going through God. You don't know I had heard. It's unbearable not quite it may feel like it but God is not going to let it be unbearable you remember for example what he says about temptation the same thing is true about every aspect of life he says out temptations are common to all men but God who is able will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able God is always involved in every single aspect of the believers life and so he sees where you are he Thiele is the pain he knows the pain he understands the hurt and rejection you know I can't face anything he has already faced So when he comes to deliver us and courage us and build us up and enable us listen he's coming out of the experience you had a you can't ever say but God you know on the stand yes he does he's omniscient both God and if you are why don't you deliver me he's in the process what do I have to learn just wait patiently you learn and oftentimes. We are so distracted by what we think hurts because of what somebody is trying to do to us we miss the most awesome opportunities and magical because God who loves us is doing exactly what he said. What is he doing he's turning our difficult is and our hardship and pain in the something good why because we learn to focus upon Christ not what hurts us we focus upon the sovereignty they control of God not who is after us we focused upon the positive results we look in search for those good things that are happening because how does God bold character how does he build character he builds and builds character through pain and hardship and suffering and trial and difficulty that's what made the Apostle Paul the man that he was as he listen to the whole Israel in those times that's what will make you the person God wants you to be when you respond and pay and your focus is right and I can say again and again and again the key to the Christian life is the right focus to live the Christian life by faith focuses on him not things not people not promises not hopes our focus is upon him but it all boils down to this in the midst of circumstances. We come to those forks in the road as they were to me about fork in the road I mean those times not a life where we have 2 choices one choice is to become negative. Doubtful resentful and blame God and the other is the trusting and the focus on him and I believe that he has something fantastic in mind for us and though nobody else may believe that and you may say well you know I know that God has something good in mind or what's the what's it will if God was so good why does he do so listen don't allow someone else to tell you what God Other be doing in your life there is only one person who knows what God will be doing in your life and that's God himself in a time. You find yourself in some difficult circumstance the living God who loves you is up to something. So when has he a question. What circumstance in your life today would you change if you had the privilege. He suddenly had to think about a 2nd oh exactly what I'd change let me ask you this. If you knew not know the details but if you knew. That God was working something good in your pain your heartache your persecution your stress your trouble your trial if you knew he was working something good in that. Would you be willing to say to him Lord. Here I am. I surrender must circumstance to you a certain amount total being to you I want you to have your way because I don't want to miss what you've got in mind because you say that. This in carefully if you want the father. To work out his best in your life. And do for you what you could never imagine give him the privilege of given straight what a sovereign holy loving God can do in your life. Training you equipping you enabling you building in the you those Care to qualities in your trouble sometimes that make it possible for him to accomplish His will and His purpose in your life and one of these the huge look back and you're going to say you know what I heard owes them a tell me that but I didn't believe that I remember sitting out there thinking you know what not me. Even to be surprised all he's waiting for is for you to say. Father I don't like it I don't understand it hurt. But I'm going to trust you. I'm going to trust you. To do what you say. Cause all. Situations and circumstances. To come out all of them and of my good you'll never be sorry and you'll always be. Grateful. 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Exhorting them by current sing them when they're being discouraged exhorting them to know how to go through difficult hardship trial pain in their life and come out growing every time a exaltation is what Jesus did and it is our responsibility to exhort people to live a godly life if you have a person who is in the carriage in your life that's a great asset I have and I have one of those persons and they're the kind of person who can listen do you discern what's going on oftentimes in your life and encourage you through the most difficult situations you say well how in the world you fun one well if you want one God will send you one as some people think they want one until the person sometimes confronts them about something in their life that's not right then that they will not to share out of that will discount relationship but the truth is we all need to be responsible to someone to be accountable and having an exhorter and encourage in your life is a great asset and sometimes God will send a present in your life like my eggs although he just sent somebody into my life that I didn't even know had been a member the church 9 years that lived 5 minutes from a never seen of the vol that I could remember but you had sent the right person at the right time and so as we practice the same which we can to exalt one another love each other and courage each other and there are lots of different ways to encourage one another if we would just be creative and what happens is people are drawn to genuine encouraging. 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A lot of Americans have never heard of that African country told a few years ago that it became the scene of her 5th bloodshed in a tribal war the thousands of Rwandans brutally slaughtered with this awful season of attempted genocide Rolonda became a word that was written in blood and then a challenge became to try to heal the nation leaders who help South Africa reconcile its years of apartheid violence came to Rwanda to help them find a healing road like they have and out of that struggle came a story I'm not going to soon forget the son of a lady named Deborah was murdered in an act of ethnic vengeance and months after the killing a young man visited Deborah with his amazing confession and request he said I killed your son so take me to the authorities and let them deal with me as they will I have not slept since I shot your son every time I lie down I see you praying and I know you are praying for me well they're extraordinary as young as words were Deborah's response was even more amazing she said I do want you to restore justice by replacing the son you killed I'm asking you to become my son and when you visit me I will care for you today that young man is an adopted member of her household Well I'm on her craft and I want to have a word with you today about open arms and no closed door. I know just a little bit of how the young man must feel I've been accepted as part of the family by someone from whom I deserve only punishment and rejection after all I had a part in the death of his son than so have you the son's name is Jesus who was nailed to a cross for your sins and mine God is every reason to throw the book at us but this very day he's offering you instead a chance to join his family and live with him forever God gives us a beautiful picture of this amazing possibility in the story from the life of King David the one from whom Jesus was descended and 2nd Samuel might our word for today from the Word of God David has become the king after the previous king Saul's all out attempts to have him killed it was a custom of kings and the exile or execute the families of those who had one of them dead so they would become part of a future rebellion or plot but there was one man left out of false family his name was moved to the chef and he was crippled in both feet King David had Mephibosheth brought to him and saw his grandson was scared to death of course literally don't be afraid David said to him for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan who was Sol son and they were thrown by the way I will restore to you all the land that belongs your grandfather saw you will always eat at my table and a fish at 8 of the king's table like one of the King's sons that's what God was to do for you even though you have like all of us rebelled against his kingship and ruin your own life it's that rebellion that could be paid for only with the blood of God's Son which means you and I were part of the reason God's son died but he stands ready no matter what you've done to throw open the door and well give you a news family and even into his heaven when you die the only way you'll ever be allowed in the gods have been done is on the basis of your personal relationship with the person God loves most and that is his. One and only Son Jesus to where you stand with God and where you spend eternity depends totally. On the Son of God into your life as your Savior from your sin. That you deserve and give you instead they have and you can. Tell him today Jesus I'm your only home and listen our website is for you in a moment like this you have all the information there from God's Word that will help you be sure you belong to him Go to a new story dot com That's right it's a new story. See like me you deserve the punishment for your shin against the king of all Kings but he's ready right now to welcome you into his family because he watch with. Thanks for listening. To am 6. Extremely. Sick 70. I'm going to be in the book of Hebrews 12 when one when you are found not going to stand I'm reading from the New King James Version No one in your pew if you don't have one with you a man. In the scripture which I'm reading goes this way this. Is since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses let us let every way. In which so easily ensnares. Letters run with in. The race that is before looking on to Jesus the author in the finish. For the joy that was before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God May God bless the readers and doers of his word you may be. A man God bless you want to talk to you about The Best Is Yet To Come. The best. Is Yet To Come. A man. You know to Scripture says that to lay aside every weight so easily ensnares. I think for some reason some of us think that that wouldn't. Slow. Slow was down a tad but that's not what ensnare me when you sneeze or something. You usually grab it by the leg if you are in a snare trap. For a rabbit for instance you set the trap and when a rabbit walks across the truck it usually smears their leg that's narrowing of the leg doesn't slow it down. The smearing of the legs stops it in its tracks so this isn't slowing down now we're talking about the weights of sin easily and they're us and beset us we're not talking about that we're talking about us and they're they're wrapped so you're forward progress spiritually and causes you to be stuck a man and even if you're sneered up if you talk against it. Even if you put effort. You can't get on with the snow there is on done and in the eyes of God Sin is undone when Jesus we went to the cross and died for it and that we have to enjoy and we have to each and confession which tells God you're right I shouldn't even be in this there I shouldn't even rock this way I should leave them here. Right God and you are right the consequences of this is it is my Christian witness it is me in my tracks and God I repent I turn my back on the events the lid to the snare and I turn to you for your grace and mercy and sometimes God will let you right out of the snare and sometimes God will say. Now just live with the consequences. But you don't have to deal with some consequence. That's the only ensnares us and the reason that's so easily ensnares the Christian is because we have been sensitized to was singing it. Sam doesn't easily in snow. Because they don't even know. Sometimes what they doing is wrong they mean what it is that. Is the question because we know better and those that know better have the conscience that the Holy Spirit can use to bring about confession are you with me. Now Hebrews problem known as interesting passage because it talks about this great cloud of witnesses who have gone on before us a man who have waited for the day to come that they could have the Holy Spirit actually be a part of them actually guide them actually be within them and direct them but that didn't come as it says that the in the Hebrews that they wish that they could be in our shoes the ones this Bless Isn't it interesting they were reading about their stories of triumph and they didn't have the indwelling Holy Spirit their sacrifice than trust that God and His word with out the assurance of the Holy Spirit living within them that's amazing to me. And the reason it's amazing is because we have the Holy Spirit and we don't listen to the Holy Spirit like we human a male. You can look at God and His word and it's just something that is giving you good advice a man God's Word is what is going to direct you into victorious living and if you're not experiencing victorious living if you're not experiencing God's best then I'm trying to tell you that you're out of position to receive the bless and I'm going to help you to get in position to receive the cross a man. With me. Now Scripture tells us a couple of things one of things that the scripture tells. Here is that Jesus Christ himself did all of the suffering for the joy that was set before him and my 1st point today in understanding that the best is yet to come is that God is teaching us this we're on to endure he's teaching us and Durrance forward to for joy he wants us to understand that God's got a plan for us and in due season is going to come to pass but we've got to wait on God and we've got to quit trying to rush the process. And says to me in Hebrew $6.15 you're already in Hebrew so growing in turn there it talks in terms of Abraham for when God made a promise in verse starting when God made a promise to Abraham because it is where by no one greater he swear by himself signing surely blessing surely blessings I will blush you and multiply and multiply is I will multiply you then verse 15 is very curious because of those 15 says and saw no comma after he had patiently and do word after he had patiently endured comma he obtained the promise you will see that I meant the promise was given Abraham but the promise didn't instantly manufacture itself it didn't instantly come up it didn't just pop up and ladies when you go to know the conference this coming weekend you're going to hear some things are going to be impactful for you but understand that some of those principles and those promises aren't going to instantly pop up. But you have to wait and endure and then comes the bless a man a man so if they want him had to I'm guess we have to praise God we've got him to follow the joy we can't rush the joy we can fabricate the joy I said this morning sometimes we fabricate the joy by doing things that we think will make us happy and then the end they don't make us happy Hey man we do things do things like get in debt or do things like take a trip and we can't afford it or do things that cause us not to be happy a man and then we Granted granted later almost like a drug use drug users could use. But afterwards they regret it rather they regret it well 1st of all there's probably a couple days out of their life that's gone because they weren't in their right mind and then number 2 whatever monies it took to get the drugs were even reversed if you didn't have the money and now you owe your drug dealer even more. So they live a life of temporary joy. Mostly sadness and I'm here to tell you some of us Christians sometimes entertain or get involved in behaviors that's not illegal but it brings us only temporary joy and then we have a life of regret. And so God doesn't want that for his people when he learns from his people is the best but because we went to further our joy God because we will endure as Abraham did God is letting us live with the consequences of our decisions and some of those consequences are pretty tough and as a matter of fact some of our society live and I'm trying to be a good Christian I'm trying to do the best I can you please brusquely won't you give me some encouragement and what God is saying take care of the stuff that's right he's trusted you with some stuff take care of that stuff before people a man a man and a man now number 2. In position to receive our blessing some of us are not in position to receive our blessing a mere What is the blessing Well God said in Scripture that he was going to be a blessing and that God was going to give us abundance Amen. It's. John turn and 7 then Jesus said to them again most assuredly I say to you I am the good of the sheik and all who come who ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them I am the door if any man who knows by me who will be saved and will go out and find what Pastor. And find pastor God is saying that the pastor if you will which to sheep is pretty cool all they really want to do is eat they really don't have any other I mean what does the sheep do they just eat. There and was looking for green past a man and you will go out and find the thing that you need and want the most well God is asking or telling you and if you go into a not scripture he would says that I have come to give them life and life was more abundantly bandolim means that you read because this is not a weird thing bundling is not an oxymoron think about a 4 socket. Abundant Artis in the same word is an abundant meringue is it more abundant and as you look at that scripture in the in the group tax the scripture is from the front. From the primaries abundant The Greek word is from not funny it's p r r I as s o s The Greek word is from the phrase merely bounded you know what it means. In. And quantity superabundant and then in the King James version it is excellent abundant up of measure excellently abundance of mush or man where God has planned for us when we follow a few simple rules. Isn't easy it is amazing and it will cause others. To desire I want position in life. You. Were living it more abundantly I'm not talking about being rich or whatever it was you're going to learn or hear from prosperity preachers Well I'm talking about is living right. And if you live right and God's blessing is upon you people are going to watch your life whether you know it or not and in times of crisis they're going to come to the one that they think got it right. Oh no you know of the issues. Because we all got issues right. I said it this morning I didn't get a lie I said well you know my 1st John one say is that if you say you are without sin you're a liar and the truth is not in your that's what I am quoting and so therefore we all got issues of from calling issues sin so we all have issues in other words we all have room for improvement. If our round you see the same room for improvement year in the neuronal guess what they're going to think that what you follow and what you're doing don't work but if they see improvement. And they see that there's change and they come to compliment you like someone would compliment you for losing weight and they would say to you ma I notice that you are a little bit different than you used to be you don't get is mad as you used to be well I notice you you are calmer with your children or maybe you've taken the Make sure your yard is together don't get caught up in that well you. Put a little more effort and I know you were unable to do it give the glory to God What you're seeing is God in my life that's what you're seeing when he needs to get the glory a man God wants us to be in a position he wants a set of being in a position to receive his boss but let me tell you if you're in a position where you won't even check your mail because you're afraid of the debt collectors you're not in a position the receive this bus you're not in a position to receive his best because a mailbox got you scared how are you going to put the fly do mince. When the post man got your skin you're a man. You're out of position a man if you're not answering your phone. Because you're afraid to take collectives you know how to position a man to receive what God has for you his best and I'm telling you you need to address those things 1st of all empty your mouth box let those can't harm you they can hurt your feelings they can harm you and what you don't know can hurt you a man they met Have you seen the movie yet who didn't get a referral to a movie of say and then fall House of Sand and Fog Have you seen a since then you've seen it before yeah. If you don't want to open your mail it can her you. Number 2 answer some phone call and make some arrangement with some people even if it's the big bad i.r.s. Make some arrangements you know because you need to be able to sleep at night you need some peace you need to be able to go to alone and open up all the craters of your life and let him have a shot at this obviously we haven't done well. And then. I am up to where we're short at so God can call me and he can fix it that's what we got to do we got to be in a position to receive our process. God has to position us for victorious living and some of us on position to live life exceedingly abundantly above we're positioned if you will to be undead and to live us Solo's sub par life and that's not where God wants you to be. Absolutely not a man. Preacher I said this morning a preacher who had never made over 12000 dollars in his life a pro Year country preacher retire with. $250000.00 in his Ira And when asked the question how was he able to amass $250000.00 and not make more than $12000.00 per year his response was I never spent more than I mean. Is saying you simple does. But to be honest with you science I'm calling it out because we gotta quit acting like it's Ok. And we've been living like this and our parents have been living like this now we look good on the outside we really do our house look good. Our cars no good. Clothes look good. We look Ok on the outside but God looking at the inside a man it's a shame to live up in a 3 on a $400000.00 house and can go to the refrigerator and find a piece of meat from a is wrong with that pitch. Or have a foreign car and trying to figure out how you can get enough gas in it to go to where I'm commented out because a Nice to be called out a man just like the oil for evil if the king has no clothes then say the king are no clothes on could act like it's such an apparel they may. Call it what it is now once you've done this you're going to suffer some. Because once you come clean with God you've got to come clean and. And God is going to guide you through some routers but listen again with a program after he had patiently endured you have to patiently endure whatever look it didn't take over not to get you where you are it is going to take man overnight to get you out but the the key thing is is I can say with our most a 100 percent accuracy that the people I've counseled him work with as far as consumer debt is concerned we've been they want to get him out of consumer debt in 5 years or less can you imagine in 5 years or less not on anybody anything consumer watch and then their car in their mortgage in 7 to 10 year. It works day Robinson is doing his duties right now as a trustee where so many have I remember he came to me one time I was talking about early retirement he said I'm only 55 or maybe it was less than $55.00 when you retire at $55.00 to $54.00 he said. I don't know to trust the Lord on all. What you mean we talk about oh you know stock is down and you know then on top of it his lovely wife comes and said oh you retire. I want to retard. That's sounds like a good idea. So he was Ok because he have enough years to retire. And I think within 30 days somebody came to our office and said you know what we're offering a special deal so I remember talking to Dee at the photos there's over a new office and him saying that to me and I said well because God has put yourself in the position to receive this blessing you've put yourself in that position you've cleared out your debt in fact you teach debt free living right here at the church you don't have any you don't even have any car payments you are in a position to receive God bless you go and be fine he's on or about that you'll be fine at the end of the year he had made so much money that he was worried about having enough taxes the coverage am I right about. What happened I mean you was a big time manager loosened I mean you're retired now where I don't know God bless the many many going to. Look at God you've got to put yourself in a position and allows us the end of to take a job we couldn't afford her she was a manager loosen allowed her to take a job where she's a blessing to us and we can believe be a blessing no she can fly off any time if you want. But you've got to put just self in a position to live abundantly abundant living don't just doesn't just doesn't come to you abundant living is where you put yourself in a position to receive from God and we gotta catch that God can bless you in the midst of mismanagement of funds. He can bless you you've got to get that together and it's not him possibility it can happen I remember sister Stephanie we are an hour's talk and went back for the South chambers were doing different living and that time the church was kind of small and so we had you know those that were helping me teach it because because you've got to understand when I 1st start talking about deaf or living in 1992. And since Stephanus they had no answers Rosalind's in the class when I told the class that they can live without any bills whatsoever they laughed at me they laughed at me openly they said come on past the. Hour is going to be in that I was going to have a big deal I think you are left for dinner Robinson said you know what I won't try to is just to see you for work the best thing you ever do a man this is the stuff and he said you know what Pastor good is to try she brought me our stuff and we said down a little I went to the digger robbers and I said you know what you can go into Hell everybody else but since the Stephanie got this she probably can teach it she's good leave her alone she's good because she was that she was in a position to receive the blast and if you are in a position to receive the blessing the blessing will come. But if you're not in a position to receive the blessing is not because God doesn't love you that the blessing doesn't come it is because you are an enduring blessing and a blessing can't come because biblical principles are being violated. 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And welcome to a word with people's interests it is fellowship city Sausalito pastor Marcus Small going to arrive at the house we have what we call the professional mourners that are the those who have gotten their fruits and pipes and in order to more because Word had gotten out there gyrus his daughter has now passed and so both had been hired and those who had been given the task of being professional morning they would i told you before they come and cry for you at your service the houses field with people because the word got out and there's a lot of commotion in the House and this is where Jesus goes to the Father and the 3 disciples what is all this commotion about and I'm like with nephews that Jesus go away just go away says Go away the checkout is not dead she sleepy and the Bible says that they didn't laughed at him Do you not know the world last day of Christians they laugh at those who follow the Word of God They laugh at Jesus's words they're laughing and the Bible says they laugh and that's a laugh it is the laughing of scorn and ridicule they're really killing Jesus and the Bible says that he put them out now in the text it literally means that he helped them out the door oh yeah oh yeah I know you have been to a party and the pair show what I think about those t.v. Shows if you haven't done it and appear to stand in there and I last person leaving out I did have parties and hope in a pair digit. Yes when you didn't expect it to come your parents no I would not do it absolutely not and so Jesus puts them all out. And did it theory that would as they're going out. This is Pastor Marcus small Have a great day. In today's fast paced society many people are too busy to address the pressing need of their soul which is a relationship with God Please join me Pastor Marcus small for a word this is a ministry of peoples intercity fellowship of Marin City Sausalito please tune in Monday wins days in Fridays at 9 58 am for a 2 minute word here on k l t t This is a m 670 calle t.t.d. And k o t t h d Commerce City Denver and now f.m. At 95 point one and streaming worldwide at 670 calle t.t. Dot com. It is a gentlemen please join me in the pledge of allegiance to our plaque. 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